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Public Works Administration

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Founders Franklin D. Roosevelt
FoundedJuly 1
1939
Ceased operationsJuly 1, 1943
Jurisdiction United States
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression.

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